Liquid wax applicating and dispensing device



Sept. 8, 1959 s. SCHULMAN LIQUID WAX APPLICATING AND DISPENSING DEVICEFiled Oct. 17, 1956 INVENTOR. ,501 a/z/umly BY 3 1i .HJZ'IUJQAZHY UnitedStates Patent LIQUID WAX APPLICATING AND DISPENSING DEVICE Thisinvention relates to floor waxers, and more particularly to liquid waxapplicating and dispensing devices for floor waxers, the main objectbeing the provision of 7 i certain new and useful improvements wherebythe device is made more useful and practical as well as simple tomanufacture and assemble.

The above broad as Well as additional and more specific objects will beclarified in the following description wherein reference numerals referto like-numbered parts in the accompanying drawing. It is to be notedthat the drawing is intended solely for the purpose of illustration andthat it is therefore neither desired nor intended to limit the inventionnecessarily to any or all of the exact details of construction exceptinsofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring briefly to the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a liquid wax applicating and dispensingdevice embodying the novel features of the present invention, ready foruse.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational View of the same.

Fig. 3 is a reproduction of a portion of Fig. 2, omitting the mop andthe handle of the device.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a helical plug, per se, adapted toregister in the spout of the liquid wax container to prevent undesiredspilling or dripping of the contents of the container.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of the spout end of the container.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view, with parts broken away and partly insection, of the improved dispensing spout of the container, per se.

Referring briefly to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates a mop holdingor supporting frame having a mop or pad 11 wrapped about the undersidethereof with the opposed longitudinal edges of the pad overlappinglongitudinal ridges 12 on the frame. Two upright wings 13 extend fromthe mid-portion of the frame. A split sleeve 14 is pivotally mountedbetween the wings 13 by means of grommets or the like 15. Both sides ofthe split of the sleeve have approximately parallel extensions or ears16 adapted to be tightened together by a wing nut 17 on a suitable screwbolt. A handle 18 registers in the sleeve 14 and is locked therein bythe said wing screw.

Elongated substantially rectangular members 19 formed of spring wireeach have one side thereof pivoted in aligned openings through the wings13 and are adapted to be swung so that the other side 21 thereof wedgesagainst the overlap of the pad 11 and thus clamps the overlap againstthe ridge 12 to lock the pad on the frame.

A liquid wax container, substantially rectangular in cross-section inaccordance with standard practice, is shown at 22, and is normallyprovided with a screw cap, not shown, covering its threaded outlet 23.To mount the container on the handle 18, a clamp 24 is provided to clampon the can, the clamp having its lower jaw 25 rigid with a split sleeve26 which is slidably mounted on the handle 18 and adapted to be lockedin position by a Wing nut 27.

2,902,703 Patented Sept. .8, 1959 ice A special swivel spout 28 isprovided to adapt the container for mounting on the handle for use toapply or dispense liquid wax to the floor; this is in the form of aunitary attachment. The unit comprises the spout proper 29 having,intermediate the length thereof, a screw cap 30 adapted to be screwed onthe container outlet 23 when the device is not in use or when beingstored, to seal the container. At the base of the spout 29, a secondscrew cap 31 is provided having open and unobstructed communicationbetween the cylindrical wall thereof and the spout 29, so that when thecap 31 is screwed on the outlet 23 of the container the wax is free toflow through the spout. With the spout unit 28 applied to the containermounted on the handle as shown, the spout 29 is positioned substantiallyupright, and to apply wax to the floor the device is simply tilted sothat liquid escapes from the spout. In order to prevent liquid fromspilling or dripping inadvertently from the spout while moving thedevice along the floor, owing to thus agitating the liquid in thecontainer, a plug 32, helical in form, may be frictionally plugged intothe spout and thus make the passage through the spout sufficientlydevious through the helical passage 33 between the plug and the spoutwall to prevent free flow upward of the agitated liquid. When the deviceis tilted, however, to dispense liquid, it is obvious that the plug willnot prevent free flow of the liquid.

In order that the spout unit 28 may be used so that the spout 29 thereofmay always be directed vertically upward, which condition is desired,the unit may be further improved by having the cap 31 pivoted to thebase of the spout. This is shown in Fig. 6, wherein the base of thespout 29 is extended into a cylinder 34 with the latter provided with anexternal flange 35. The cylindrical wall of the cap 31 is provided withan internal flange 37 registering (with a washer or the like 36registering therebetween) against the flange 35 to provide aliquid-tight pivot between the spout 29 and the cap 31, the spout 29thus being pivotal on the cap 31 and yet being frictionally heldthereagainst so that, when the spout 29 is swung into vertical position,Figs. 1 and 2, it will remain there. In applying the unit 29, the cap 31is tightened on the outlet 23 and then the spout 29 is swung to verticalposition.

Regarding the slidable clamp 24, it is to be noted that the container isreadily slid between the jaws thereof to be firmly held by the clamp,and the sleeve 26 may readily be moved up or down on the handle 18 asdesired and locked in the desired position close to the frame 10.

I claim:

l. A fluid applicating and dispensing device comprising an elongatedhandle having an applicator positioned at the lower end thereof,releasable means partly on the handle and partly on the applicatorsecuring the applicator to the handle, a fluid container, a clampreleasably engaged about the container, a sleeve slidably mounted on thehandle and having means for locking the same to the handle, said clampcomprising two spaced jaws, one of said jaws being rigid with saidsleeve, the container in the normal position thereof and of said clampbeing positioned substantially horizontally, said container having anoutlet opening at one end thereof, said end of the container beingnormally positioned vertically, said outlet opening having a threadedflange surrounding the same, and a spout having a threaded flange on thebase thereof communicating with the spout, the axis of said second-namedflange being positioned at an acute angle to the axis of the spout, saidsecond-named flange being normally screwed on said first-named flangewith said spout normally positioned substantially upright with theoutlet end of the spout uppermost.

2. The device set forth in claim 1, said spout having a threaded flangethereon normal to and between the ends of the spout, said last-namedflange having that end thereof which is adjacent the spout sealed, saidlastnamed flange being adapted for unscrewing said secondnamed flangefrom said first-named flange to be screwed on said first-named flange toseal the container outlet.

3. The device set forth in claim 1, having interengaging pivot meanspartly on the base of the spout and partly on said second-named flangepivotally securing said second-named flange on the base of the spout.

4. The device set forth in claim 2, having interengaging pivot meanspartly on the base of the spout and partly on said second-named flangepivotally securing said second-named flange on the base of the spout.

5. The device set forth in claim 1, said spout having a plug thereinengaging the walls of the spout, said plug having a devious longitudinalpassage therethrough thereby constraining fluid from the container toflow through said devious passage.

6. In combination with a fluid applicating and dispensing device havinga handle and an applicator pivoted to the lower end of the handle andwherein the handle is normally positioned at an acute angle to theapplicator,

and elongated fluid container substantially rectangular in 2,902,703 t ve an outlet opening surrounded by a threaded flange normal to the wall,a spout having a threaded flange at the base thereof communicating withthe spout and having its axis positioned at an acute angle to the axisof the spout, said second-named flange registering about saidfirst-named flange, said spout being normally positioned with the outletend thereof uppermost, said spout extending outward from the plane ofsaid one of said walls at said second-named acute angle, andinterengaging means partly on the base of the spout and partly on saidsecond-named flange rotatably securing said second-named flange to thespout.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS165,054 Baldwin June 29, 1875 1,140,593 Houston May 25, 1915 1,174,312Gerhardt Mar. 7, 1916 1,318,928 Shields Oct. 14, 1919 1,428,807 RoseSept. 12, 1922 1,995,592 Tillack Mar. 26, 1935 2,628,864 Rogers -1---Feb. 17,1953

FOREIGN PATENTS 165,551 Great Britain July 6, 1921

